Yeah, I'm not really concerned about the collectibility, etc. I just want a good representation. The reviews on the remaster are good so I'll dive in.
The thing I've found about live albums is that they often aren't the highest quality recording to begin with. The remastered versions are often better than the original pressings, especially if the originals are from the 1950s or earlier.
Another must have jazz record...Wes Montgomery's
Smokin' at the Half Note. Just tremendous.
Which brings us back to chuck's question about my top 5. It's so hard to say, as my musical tastes have changed so much over the years, at least the styles I enjoy listening to. When I was a kid, I was, like my dad, a huge Johnny Cash fan. I didn't know there was anything else out there. As I got a little older, the Southern Rock thing was in full bloom, and especially in Florida where Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, etc were kings. In high school, every one was into the current sounds at the time, so I drifted over to the progressive stuff...was a huge fan of early Genesis, Gentle Giant, Yes, ELP, etc. Though there a few bands from that day that I was, and still am, hugely fond of, including the Clash, Talking Heads, and Elvis Costello. I went through a prog metal phase, and still think Dream Theater was the best thing to come out of the 90s. Their masterpiece,
Scenes From a Memory, is up there on my list. All the while, there was the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, It's really hard to nail something down.
